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There is a real opportunity to convert Medicaid into a block grant program, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said on Sunday, with the likely result that countless low-income beneficiaries could lose their health insurance or see steep reductions.
Theres a real opportunity as we repeal and replace Obamacare to do what the president-elect also said on the campaign, which is block granting Medicaid back to the states, said Pence during an appearance on ABCs This Week.
Block granting social benefit programs gives states more discretion in how those programs are administered. Instead of managing the program itself or specifying how funds should be allocated, the federal government simply provides each state with a sum of cash to dispense as it sees fit. Usually that means states have more latitude to limit enrollment or impose on harsh cuts on welfare programs. A 2011 Kaiser Family Foundation report estimated that tens of millions of people could lose their insurance if Republican efforts to block grant Medicaid were successful. Eligibility varies by state, but Medicaid recipients tend to be near or beneath the poverty line.
During the same appearance on This Week, Pence said that President-elect Donald Trump would keep [his] promises on Medicare. Trump had previously vowed not to cut either Medicare or Medicaid.
https://thinkprogress.org/mike-pence-sees-a-real-opportunity-to-gut-health-care-for-poor-people-b52c846e8afc#.ciurqlp12
still_one
(92,396 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Waiting for afterlife rewards or punishment is a method of control to keep people from resisting.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)geomon666
(7,512 posts)this would literally kill me.
DK504
(3,847 posts)it would do the same to me.
So Pence and Trump's voters, 90% of them on Social Security and on Medicare, what are they going to do when all this starts to happen? Let it happen? Act surprised they were lied to and still voted for a psychopath? What is the greatest generations offspring going to do when tRump starts to pull the US to shreds.
elleng
(131,107 posts)DELETE insurance, go direct to health CARE! MediCARE for ALL!
roamer65
(36,747 posts)I'd take him to the mat on it. REAL Christians help the poor, not try to kill them.
95 pct of people in this country who claim to be Christians are not. You cannot vote for ilk like Dump and Dense and yet be congruent with Christ's teachings. It is impossible to be both.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Wolves in sheeps clothing, they are.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)How much is that worth? Not too much ...
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Of warm piss.....
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Coast states with democratic governors need to be prepared to sue the feds at every juncture.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)Do these people have souls?
mac56
(17,574 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,459 posts)I'm gonna wait forever maybe................